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WATCH this brief video about the Francisco State Third World Student Strike
READ "Third World Liberation comes to San Francisco State and UC Berkeley. Click Article: Harvey Dong.pdf
There is a rich history of student protests in 1968-1969 that became the Third World Liberation Front, a multiethnic, multiracial student coalition. They demanded that the SFSU and UCB administration make education relevant to "Third World" peoples by establishing an independent Third World College and putting power in the hands of faculty and students of color to decolonize the university.
Answer the Following.
This week's reading was an in-depth look at the events that led to the TWLF student strikes at SF State College (which began in the fall of 1968) and at UC Berkeley (winter of 1969). Together, these student strikes lasted 5 months total--the longest student strike in American history.
This article was written by Harvey Dong, a student striker at UCB in 1969, who later became a professor of Ethnic and Asian American Studies at UCB.
As you think about the principles of relevant education, self-determination, and serving the community, answer these questions about this week's reading:
- EXPLAIN why you think it was important for the Black Student Union, Asian American Political Alliance, Mexican American Student Confederation, and the Native American Student Union to unite as the Third World Liberation Front.
- DISCUSS why you think the TWLF demanded its own, separate College of Third World Studies (later known as Ethnic Studies)?